In this April 17, 2018 file image from video provided by KTHV-TV, a death penalty protester outside the Arkansas governor's mansion in Little Rock prepares to tie rope around Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen who is laying on a cot in protest of executions. An Arkansas disciplinary panel has dismissed an ethics case against Griffen, who faced the possibility of removal from the bench for participating in the anti-death penalty demonstration the same day he blocked the state from using an execution drug. Counsel for the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission confirmed Wednesday, June 12, 2019, that the case against Griffen was dismissed because too much time had passed before the commission took up the case.
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